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Kinley sighed at herself Wishing for happiness and joy and love was futile now It was tirow up

A brisk knock on the door startled her out of her thoughts "Room service"

That was quick Still, how could she possibly eat now? She could barelyher appetite… But it would be rude to send the food ahen Annabelle had gone to the trouble of ordering it

Sheway here from the kitchens

Tip He would want a tip Oh, she hoped she had so phone call with Kellan

Kinley opened the door, ready to graciously thank the worker, accept the food, and send hireeted her stunned her eous e cart between the was off about that cart, but she couldn’t stop staring at the ure it out

Tall, with broad shoulders ready to burst out of their white jackets The one closest to her had to be six and a half feet tall He had ablue eyes she’d ever seen She wouldn’t really describe his face as beautiful He was far too e about him that belied his forh the words were spoken rowl and a rumble, they were so very polite

And for some insane reason, that voice felt like a caress to her skin He could make love to a woman with that voice--and if she wasn’t about to walk down the aisle to , she’d probably let him

"Yeah" Her oords came out in a breathy little puff She forced herself to look at Hottie Nu brother--and there was no question they were brothers It was in the set of their eyes and the identical coloring, but after that, they differed The shorter one looked slightly younger, as though the world hadn’t weighed hi of a truly gorgeous smile on his face

"Miss? It’s hard for us toin the doorway" Hottie Nuh a little "You don’t want your food to get cold, do you?"

How could anything possibly get cold when they were around? She actually felt a stifling heat Except for her feet Her feet were ice cold--at leastat the end of the aisle, but she’d rather find herself in between these two men in a totally inappropriate position

She flushed and stepped back, allowing thehts were all Annabelle’s fault She joked about being in love with three guys and refusing to choose She’d told Kinley that she would have the, surely But Belle had planted an interesting notion in Kinley’s head…

"Where do you want it, sweetheart?" Hottie Two asked

She could think of several places that she wanted it, each more inappropriate than the last But that probably wasn’t what they ot totally flustered because all she could think about was the man’s lips They were full and sensual, and she couldn’t help but wonder hoould kiss

"The tray Ismile

Ehts, she’d die "By the , please"

She needed to pull her da an idiot And her heels were already killing her She stepped gingerly around the couch and reached for her purse She pulled out a ten

"This lightat the s The vieas spectacular, but hetheht

"Not at all" She liked the view

The man slid the second set of drapes closed "I think you’ll like it better if you know prying eyes can’t see in"

"Prying eyes?" Kinley asked "Why would anyone want to look at me?"

Hottie One turned and pinned her with his stare He was so much more serious than his brother She could tell it by the set of histo smile about "Because you’re lovely"

Tears threatened They perched right there,the world watery She wasn’t lovely She was too fat and her eyes were a h she was only twenty-five, her breasts probably sagged a little Nothing about her face was remarkable

But when the man told her she was lovely in that low ru about her beyond the fact that she would be a good business asset to hiht, Miss Kohl?" Hottie Two asked, his expression graver than before

Yes, she was rapidly htest smile, the one she used on the snootiest society ladies and ht she didn’t have a brain in her head "Of course Here Thank you so much"

She held out the ten-dollar bill As she did, her stare fixed on the cart they’d pushed in It was far larger than nore and three tilasses and no silverware

"Miss Kohl," the one with the unsan

A little thrill of fear spiked up her spine So "That’s not a delivery tray"

What they had rolled in was made of canvas She could see it plainly now

"No It’s not," the second reed He took a step toward her

Kinley backed up "That’s a laundry hamper"

It was the industrial kind used in hotels Why had they brought her food on a laundry hamper? Except there wasn’t actually any food because that would have colassware, not two silver covers that she could now see weren’t actually covering anything at all

"Don’t scream, sweetheart We’re not here to hurt you" The secondhis way toward her

Holy crap! Then ere they going to do?

Kinley wasn’t about to obey the shout as she turned on her heels and sprinted for the door

At least she meant to sprint for the door Unfortunately, she tripped on the stupidly long train of her dress and fell to her knees She scra Get up! She had to Kinley had no idea what these ive it to theainst a hard body She screaain, but this time a hand clapped over her mouth